From Bolton by Bowland we followed the
footpath over the fields crossing the Skirden Beck and along the
cone marked path away from the River Ribble to Sawley where we had a
coffee stop to see the ruins of the 1147 Cistercian Abbey. The
Ribble Way (which no longer follows the river) took us to the
Gisburn Bridge, to cross the Ribble. A road walk took us to Park
House Farm, where some of us bought some free range eggs, and took
to the fields past the free range hens. On to Fooden a small hamlet
of a farm, cottages and renovated barns. Can never quite make out
what/where the access route is? Then on to Bolton Hall and the Drive
through the parkland back into Bolton by Bowland.